Drainer



April 3, 1934. a L, v. CLARE 1,953,338

DRAINER Filed March 23, 193].

Patented Apr. 3, 1934 DRAINER Louis V. Claire, Grand Rapids,-Mich., assignor to Thomas H. Tapley, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Application March 23, 1931, Serial No. 524,531

Claims.

This invention relates to a drainer for kitchen utensils, such as kettles, pans and like vessels, in which articles are cooked, from which water is drained. It is a primary object and purpose of the present invention to provide a very practical, substantial and economically constructed dish drainer which is applicable to kettles or pans of many different sizes'which are to be drained and which may be instantly applied thereto, and which will engage the same, holding the drainer in place against accidental disengagement whereby the vessel may be tipped to one side and the water drained therefrom'while the solid contents are held from escaping.

The invention is described in the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. l is a plan view of the drainer made in accordance with my invention.

. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, indicating the same applied to different sizes of vessels.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section substantially on the plane of line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating one member of the construction and the manner in which engaging tongues are struck therefrom.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged transverse vertical section, substantially on the plane of line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation of the inner end of a slidable bar forming one element of the construction, and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the device is applied to a vessel which is to be drained.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawing.

In the preferred construction of the drainer,

a substantially semi-circular plate 1 of sheet metal is used from the curved edge of which, at spaced points, downwardly and inwardly extending tongues 2 are bent. At the straight edge of the plate a flange 3 is turned upwardly at ing beads 7 turned upwardly and inwardly at the longitudinal edges of the web for nearly the entire length thereof. This bar is mounted for a sliding movement through the flange 3, as shown, and the portion of the web outside and beyond the plate has a plurality of downwardly extending tongues 8 struck therefrom in spaced 1 relation to each other.

The inner endof the web 6 above the plate 1 is provided with a tongue 9 which is bent over and back upon the plate connecting with a spring wire 10 substantially midway between its ends, which is curved into substantially oval form. The ends of the wire are bent back upon themselves to provide U-shaped projections 11 which pass through openings in the flange 3, one at each side of the sliding bar.

With this construction the hooks 2 may be engaged against the upper bead of a kettle, pan or other vessel and the sliding bar drawn outwardly so as to engage one of the hooks 8 against the opposite side of the bead. It is evident that i on drawing the bar outwardly, as indicated in Fig. '7, the oval spring 10 is distorted into the shape shown in Fig. 7 and there is a tendency to pull the bar back to the normal position shown in Fig. 1, whereupon one of the hooks 8 of the v bar which is engaged with the rim or bead of the vessel is held thereagainst by the force of the spring.

By reason of the plurality of tongues 8 the appliance may be applied to many different sizes of vessels 12; and in Fig. 2 are shown dotted line indications of different sizes of vessels to which the device may be applied.

After application the vessel with the device attached thereto may be tilted to drain the same, the water passing through the openings 5 while the solid contents in the vessel are retained and held against escape from the vessel.

The construction described is of a very practical and useful nature. It is readily and easily manufactured and assembled and in practice has proven exceptionally satisfactory. The claims appended hereto define the invention which is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of I structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. A drainer comprising, a flat metal plate of substantially semi-circular form having a plurality of drainage openings therethrough, said v.1 plate at its straight edge having an integral upturned flange, a bar passing through said flange and over said plate, means for slidably mounting the inner portionof the bar on the upper side of the plate, a spring wire having its ends enlll) gaged against said flange and its middle portion connected with the inner end of the bar, engaging devices depending from the curved edge of the plate, and spaced apart engaging devices connected to and depending from the outer portion of the bar, said engaging devices on the plate or bar having lower end portions turned toward each other.

2. A drainer comprising, a metal plate having a plurality of drainage openings therethrough, said plate at its straight edge having an upturned flange, a bar passing through said flange and over said plate, means for slidably mounting the bar on the upper side of the plate, a spring wire having its ends engaged against said flange and its middle portion connected with the inner end of the bar, engaging devices depending from the plate, and spaced apart engaging devices connected to and depending from the outer portion or" the bar. b

3. A drainer of the class described comprising, a drainage member having drainage openings therethrough, spaced hooks at one edge of said member extending downwardly therefrom, a bar slidably mounted on and having an inner portion located above said member and an outer portion extending away from said member at the opposite side from said hooks, said outerportion of the bar having a downwardly extending hook bent at its lower portion toward said member, spring means associated with said bar and drainage member normally tending to draw the bar inwardly over said member and move the hook on said bar toward the hooks depending from said drainage member, said spring means being extremely flexible whereby the bar may move substantially across the drainage member, and stop means for limiting the, movement of bar outwardly.

4. A drainer comprising, a flat member having drainage passaged therethrough and adapted to be located above the upper end at a side of a vessel, engaging members on said drainage member to engage with the outer sides of the vessel, a flange on said drainage member opposite to said engaging members, said flange having openings therein, and a bar slidably mounted on the drainage member having an outer portion extendingto and over the opposite upper edge of the vessel and provided with spaced apart downwardly extending engaging means, one of which is adapted to engage with the opposite side of the vessel, and a flexible spring element having its central portion fastened to the inner end of said bar, and its endsdetachably fastened in the said openings in the said flange for the purpose described.

' 5. A drainer of the type described comprising, a substantially semi-circular plate of flat metal having a plurality of drainage openings therethrough, hooked tongues extending downwardly and under said plate'in spaced apart relation to each other at the curved edge of the plate, a bar having an inner portion located above the plate and an outer portion extending outwardly beyond the straight edge of the plate, integral means struck from the plate extending upwardly to slidably engage the inner portion of the bar whereby the same is slidably mounted upon the plate and whereby excessive movement of the bar outwardly is prevented, spring means between said bar and plate normally tending to move the bar inwardly over said plate, and spaced apart hooks connected to the bar and extending downwardly therefrom and toward said plate, for the purposes specified.

' LOUIS V. CLAIRE. 

